Maree Makom

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From one of the roofs in Jerusalem’s city center it
was possible to see the crowd gathering under
mounds of blue and white sign boards which
responded like an echo to the slogans screamed
out of a portable loud-speaker. The voice of the
crier jutted through the human waves now
cramming the square and already swept sideways
to the adjacent streets. And there was someone
there who had lit a swaying torch, the flame fuming
over the many-headed monster, held high into the
heart of the plaza, the heart of the crowd, to the
place in which was suspended the hated rag
dummy, a cloth-head stuck on a long pole; the
torch flung high and forward fervently, surges of
rage swarming-tightening around it, urging then—
and they will urge again (a torrent of bullets, a
burst of red fire)—to stomp, smash, tear down the
mother fucker, to burn his face of f.
Recalled Location
Jerusalem, Kikar Tzion (Tzion Square)
Recalled Time
A right wing protest which was blamed by
the Israeli Left for inciting Prime Minister
Rabin’s murder in 1995. Rabin was murdered
at the end of a rally in support of the
Oslo agreements.
The Oslo Accords were the first direct
agreement between Israel and Palestine, and a
basis for the future relations between Israel
and the anticipated State of Palestine.
The Oslo Accords have themselves been
strongly criticized for restricting the economic
growth of Palestine and its existence as an
unfragmented national entity and social space.
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